ISABELA CITY, Basilan, March 31 (PIA) --Radio anchors and reporters of DXNO-FM Radyo Komunidad de Isabela City recently underwent a training-workshop on Gender Sensitive News Writing and Broadcasting.The training aimed  to provide awareness, understanding and draw appreciation on the use of gender-sensitive and gender-alternative language as again…

GLAN, Sarangani--- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region XII is now establishing enclosures for turtle nests in its effort to conserve this marine wildlife in Glan, Sarangani Province.This came during the observance of World Wildlife Day on March 5 at Barangay Burias here.The activity was participated by coastal dweller…

KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato--- The Department of Agriculture (DA) XII is now working on the conduct of cloud seeding operations in the region.Engineer Milagros Casis, regional executive director of DA XII, said the agency has already allocated P2.5 million for said intervention. “We are just processing some more documents in order for us to kic…

TRECE MARTIRES CITY, Cavite, Mar. 31 (PIA) – The Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) IV-A prodded the media to help them with farmers training during its recently conducted media conference held at the ATI Regional Training Center IV-A here. The conference attended by media personnel from Cavite, Laguna and as far as Quezon provinces, served as …

ALABEL, Sarangani--- Over 300 students from the different municipalities in Sarangani received new and fully examined reading glasses in an outreach program initiated by the provincial government through its Serbisyong Sarangan Outreach Program. Commenced in 2016 by Governor Steve Chiongbian Solon, the program continues to extend medical and livel…

ALABEL, Sarangani--- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) aims to contribute to the reduction of poverty and the vulnerability to risks of the marginalized sectors of the society by providing them access to livelihood undertakings and opportunities. Thus, the DOLE Integrated Livelihood Program (DILP) or KABUHAYAN Program per DOLE Departme…

ALABEL, Sarangani---Sarangani Province took part with the rest of the globe in reducing its carbon footprint in the celebration of Earth Hour 2019 anchored in the theme “Connect2Earth.” Earth Hour is a global environmental movement of World Wide Fund (WWF), aimed at inspiring and empowering individuals, businesses, organizations, and governments t…

IBA, Zambales -- Clad in colorful mango-inspired costumes, street dancers on Sunday took to the streets for the annual province-wide festival that celebrates the local thriving mango industry.This province is known worldwide for the sweet mango varieties that grow here. In fact, the Sweet Elena carabao mango, which only grows here, was cited in th…

MANILA -- Agricultural losses due to the “weak” El Niño now affecting the country are estimated to have reached PHP4.35 billion with an estimated volume of 233,007 metric tons (MT) of crops and damaged 149,494 hectares of farmland.Total number of affected farmers and fisherfolk are 138,859 in the Cordillera Administrative Region (Abra, Apayao, Ifu…

MANILA -- Israel has joined the best acts in Asia's improvisational theater bringing the Dodot Ensemble to the 2019 Manila Improv Festival on Sunday.

The Dodot Ensemble, consisting of Matan Goren, Tal Zolti, Carmel Neltzer, and Elad Yishay, was formed four years ago after its members won the ‘Improvisation Championship’ of Israel and graduated…

MANILA -- The tide seems to have turned in favor of motorists as oil executives announce a modest rollback in pump prices scheduled to come into effect on Tuesday, but homeowners will be biting their lips as the price of cooking gas is headed in the opposite direction.The country's two major oil companies have already made formal announcements…

MANILA -- Pasig-Grindhouse became the inaugural winner of the Chooks-To-Go Pilipinas 3x3 President's Cup in style, blasting 1Bataan Risers, 19-7, in the championship game at SM Fairview in Quezon City on Sunday.The Kings only needed to finish at least third to clinch the overall title, but they instead went for the kill in the final two rounds…

MANILA -- Malacañang on Sunday described Jude Sabio, the lawyer who filed a communication before the International Criminal Court (ICC) accusing President Rodrigo R. Duterte of committing crimes against humanity, as “hallucinating” after the former claimed he was being harassed by the Duterte administration.Sabio, in a TV interview, claimed he was…

MANILA – The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Sunday defended the police operations that resulted in the killing of 14 people and the arrest of 15 others in Negros Oriental on Saturday.“The law enforcement operations were legitimate and covered by search warrants issued by the court,” PNP spokesperson, Col. Bernard Banac in a statement on Sunda…

TACLOBAN CITY – A day-long joint military and police operations against the New People’s Army (NPA) in Negros Oriental on Saturday has resulted in the death of 14 and capture of 16 members.Government forces served 36 search warrants to suspected rebel hideouts in three cities and nine towns in the province. Executive judges in Negros Oriental and …

MANILA -- A transport official has reassured motorcycle riders that the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of a law requiring bigger motorcycle number plates will undergo public consultation.Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief Edgar Galvante made this remark following the backlash from motorcycle riders who opposed the newly-signed law ex…

CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga -- The first day of campaigning by local candidates in Central Luzon came and went without any incident.Brig. Gen. Joel Napoleon Coronel, director of the Police Regional Office-3 (PRO3), said on Sunday that all provincial and city police offices in the region reported that no violent incidents took place in their areas of res…

DAVAO CITY -- A 24-year-old supporter of the Communist New People's Army (NPA) who surrendered to government forces and became a scholar of the Philippine Army's 71st Infantry Battalion (71IB) was among the successful graduates of the Liceo de Davao Tagum College.Identified only as alias Peter, he received his diploma on Bachelor of Scienc…

MANILA -- Stressing that Metro Manila’s water supply system was in much worse shape in the 1990s compared to its condition today, former President Fidel V. Ramos lauded the Duterte administration and the current Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) officials for addressing with dispatch the water shortage problem and for seriously pu…

MANILA -- Around 7,550 Filipino, American and Australian troops will be participating in this year's "Balikatan" exercises which will formally start April 1 and end on the 12th.This was disclosed by Philippine "Balikatan" public affairs officer, Lt. Cmdr. Liezl M. Vidallon, in an interview with reporters Sunday.Vidallon sai…

MANILA -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) encouraged the local government units (LGUs) to be its proactive partners in the conduct of nationwide immunization campaign to address the measles outbreak.DILG Secretary Eduardo M. Año made this call through Memorandum Circular 2019-47, enjoining the LGUs to encourage parents t…

MANILA -- Militant organizations, reportedly fronting for the communist terrorist groups, are exploiting Indigenous Peoples (IPs) and fabricating reports that paint a very dire human right situations in the Philippines which they will then use as a pretext for asking donations from foreign donors like the European Union (EU) and its member states.…

MANILA -- Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III on Sunday reassured the public that the Philippines will not fall into a "debt trap" to any other country as the government expands its infrastructure investments through concessional loan financing from its development partners.Dominguez, in a statement, reiterated that in conformity with…

MANILA -- The first two days of the campaign period for local candidates in Metro Manila was “generally peaceful”, according to the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO).“No untoward incidents for the past two days related to election,” said Maj. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, NCRPO Director, in a text message sent to Philippine News Agency (PNA)…

GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- Police units in Region 12 (Soccsksargen) confiscated at least 76 firearms in nearly three months in line with the implementation of the election gun ban.Brig. Gen. Eliseo Tam Rasco, regional director of the Police Regional Office (PRO) 12, said in a report on Sunday the assorted firearms were seized in various operations in …

BACOLOD CITY -- Residents in two southern cities of Negros Occidental held separate activities to denounce the atrocities of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) and its political wing, the National Democratic Front (NDF).The rites were held on Friday in line with the 50th founding anniversary of the CPP-NPA which is …

CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao -- Joint military and police units on Saturday seized high-powered firearms and apprehended lawless elements during the conduct of law enforcement support operation (LESO) in Barangay Langkong, Matanog, Maguindanao.Personnel from the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindana…

BACOLOD CITY -- Some 20 inmates of the Metro Bacolod District Jail (MBDJ)-Male Dormitory Annex in Barangay Handumanan underwent a five-day Integrated Theater Arts Workshop in preparation for the creation of their own mask theater guild.The workshop was conducted under the HANAS: Scholarship Program in Culture and the Arts initiated by the West Vis…

MANILA -- Davao Occidental claimed the first seat in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) Southern Division Finals after romping over Bacoor City, 87-67, at the Batangas City Sports Center on Saturday night.Joseph Terso and Eman Calo each made 14 points for the Tigers, who zapped the Strikers, 47-27, in the second half to seal the 2-0 …

MANILA -- Partly cloudy skies will prevail over the whole archipelago on Sunday, the weather bureau said.The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) added that eastern Visayas and Mindanao will experience isolated rain showers caused by the easterlies affecting these islands.Meanwhile, moderate to occa…

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BUCAY, Abra, March 30 (PIA) - -The World Tuberculosis (TB) Day was observed in the province with the advocacy dubbed as Caravan Health Plus here.Virginia Lalin, provincial coordinator of the TB Control Program, in partnership with the Bucay Rural Health Unit, led the observance with activities anchored on the theme, "It's time: End TB.&qu…

BOLINEY, Abra, March 30 (PIA) –- In celebration of the World Water Day, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), in coordination with the local government unit here, led a clean-up drive along the Ikmin River, one of the main tributaries of the Abra River.More than 100 workers from the  Community Environment and Natural Resource…

CITY OF TABUK, Kalinga, March 30 (PIA) - - The city’s delegation to the recent  Cordillera Administrative Region Athletic Association (CARAA) meet  in Apayao  maybe dismal but went home inspired on positive values learned from  the host province.

While committing to improve their standing in the next CARAA, the City Schools Division Management Boa…

HUNGDUAN, Ifugao, March 30 (PIA)- -Eleven Japanese student interns from the Kanazawa University (KU) immersed themselves in the villages of this town and in  Kiangan from March 15-23 to learn and experience hands on the cultural and traditional practices of the Ifugao people.These practices include indigenous farming, weaving, tour guiding, establ…

MANILA -- Two road widening projects worth over PHP 72 million in Barangay South Triangle, Quezon City on Friday were opened to motorists to serve as an alternate route to Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (Edsa).Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar led the ceremonial inauguration of the newly-rehabilitated and widened o…

ILOILO CITY -- The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) under the Department of Environment and Natural Resources 6 (DENR-Western Visayas) said the region should pay attention to energy conservation, as it is currently confronted with El Niño.The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) earlier warned …

SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique -- The Antique government is set to relocate 39 families living along the river banks to complete the construction of the PHP24.6 million riverbank slope protection funded by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).Ruth C. Martinez, Malandog River Rehabilitation and Development Project Management …

MANILA -- Police and military personnel have recovered firearms and explosives from a house of a Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) ranking official during a raid in Marikina City on Friday.In a statement, joint elements of National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) Regional Special Operations Unit (RSOU), PNP-Sp…

ILOILO CITY -- The City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) committed to monitor the cleanliness of the coastal villages after the “One Time, Big Time” coastal cleanup initiated by the city government on Saturday.Engr. Noel Hechanova, head of CENRO, said that they will partner with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (…

MANILA -- Unless mitigating measures to address the current water supply problem triggered by the El Niño phenomenon are implemented, the Philippines could face a shortage of food in the years to come, Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel "Manny" Piñol said on Thursday.Piñol attributed the drying up of creeks and rivers to massive deforestatio…